Widespread police operation leads to 64 fugitives' arrest

Friday

Some were convicted sex offenders who didn't turn over sample DNA as ordered by the court. Others were gun-toting felons who had been wanted for months.

All told, 64 fugitives were rounded up in greater Newburgh this month as part of a national crackdown on violent offenders.

Operation Rolling Thunder's local incarnation was headed by the Joint Crime Task Force — made up of City and Town of Newburgh and New Windsor investigators. In four days ending Oct. 19, they and state parole and probation officers, sheriff's deputies and city patrol officers tracked down the fugitives. Most were found in the City of Newburgh.

John Doherty

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